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« on: August 03, 2003, 02:59:53 PM » |
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Any fans of the book here? I'm only on chapter four or so, but I enjoy it so far. I read an intriguing essay on the "message" of the book, and I'm looking forward to reading more...
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2003, 06:24:38 PM » |
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I've read the book, but I'm not a fan. I thought that it was very strange and disturbing.
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« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2003, 09:21:42 AM » |
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I can't say I'm a fan, but I think the commentary it makes on society is quite interesting. You know, I should remove my review of it so it doesn't get hijacked for use in CAK's English class. It's not all that great a review, anyway...maybe after the summer ends I'll put up a better one  |
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2003, 10:40:06 PM » |
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read it in 8th grade lit. i think... it was disturbing but pretty good, i thought, and kind of a wild idea.. i liked it!
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« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2003, 10:42:31 PM » |
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Finished it tonight. It was an oddly gripping book, and though I disliked all the characters, I actually enjoyed the story, though it was quite disturbing. And Vlad! is correct: Golding raises some horrifying points about our society.
Anyone care to comment on the Lord of the Flies character? That was the most intriguing and baffling part to me...
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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2003, 10:57:14 PM » |
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The Lord of the Flies character is where I checked out of this book. Just too weird for me. When dead pig heads (or whatever it was, It's been awhile) start talking, I'm outa there.
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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2003, 10:10:13 AM » |
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I was under the impression that the pighead talking was a hallucination...
Anyways, about the characters. I thought Golding did a good job in making all the characters equally annoyingly flawed in their own ways. Piggy as a representative of stuffy English society: his was would probably have worked the best, but he's slow, obnoxious, and a drag on the others. The others all devide up between spineless, faceless, heartless, and careless.
I've read the book, heard the audiobook, and seen the play at the Shaw Festival.
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Vlad!
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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2003, 10:50:21 AM » |
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I was under the impression that the pighead talking was a hallucination...
Anyways, about the characters. I thought Golding did a good job in making all the characters equally annoyingly flawed in their own ways. Piggy as a representative of stuffy English society: his was would probably have worked the best, but he's slow, obnoxious, and a drag on the others. The others all devide up between spineless, faceless, heartless, and careless.
I've read the book, heard the audiobook, and seen the play at the Shaw Festival.
Skraps I alluded to LotF in my article that Mark turned into a Burning Bush. I didn't really like it that much at the time I read it, but I've gotten to the point where I actually see what Golding was saying and can hopefully understand it better now. |
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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2003, 04:33:42 PM » |
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I really enjoyed the book, as disturbing as it was. (I'm kind of a fan of disturbing stories satirizing society, e.g. Animal Farm) I think it's a good book and definitely a classic.
I read it quite a few years ago, so my memory of the characters is fuzzy. The Lord of the Flies...now that was just strange, as far as I can remember.
Glad you liked it, Josh.
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« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2003, 12:00:55 PM » |
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As soon as I finsh The Shining (King) and The Winter of our Discontent (Steinbeck) I will be reading it. Who's the author?
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« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2003, 06:25:24 PM » |
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« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2003, 10:24:28 PM » |
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I read this for summer reading my senior year of high school and loved it. SLightly disturbing in a way, but Golding writes it very well.
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« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2003, 11:01:10 PM » |
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hokey batman that book was crazy!!! i read it in one sitting, and was thoroughly enraptured. and saying Golding raises some horrifying points concerning our society doesn't do it justice. that book hurt. reminds me of alduous huxley... just in that they both can rip the blinders off. and maybe it was just WG's literary talent, but i truly think that that could quite possibly happen given the circumstances. ever watch a schoolyard??? ...masterpiece/must-read/mastak says so...  |
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Vlad!
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« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2003, 08:02:33 AM » |
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Good comparison between Golding and Huxley.
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